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On 7 July 2025, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, welcomed to the Energy Charter Secretariat a delegation led by H.E. Mr. Roman Andarak, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine, who also holds the post of the Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Energy H.E. Mr. Mykola Kolisnyk, and Ms. Yuliia Kyian, Director General for Strategic Planning and European Integration of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

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On 2 July 2025, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, welcomed to the Energy Charter Secretariat the delegation of the members of the Parliament of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, led by H.E. Mr. Haytham Zayadeen, President of the Energy Committee of the Jordanian House of Representatives.  

Ms. Hirose expressed appreciation for Jordan holding the Chairmanship of the Energy Charter Conference, the governing body under the Energy Charter Treaty, for two consecutive years from 2023 to...

On 27 June 2025, Acting Secretary General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, attended the reception in celebration of the World Mongols Naadam Festival.  

The reception was opened by welcoming remarks of H.E. Mr. Luvsanvandan Bold, Ambassador of Mongolia to the Kingdom of Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Head of the Mission to the European Union.  

The event was attended by the Ambassadors of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the...

On 13 June 2025, at the invitation of Ambassador the Republic of Tajikistan to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Permanent Representation to the European Union, H.E Mr. Muzaffar Mahmurod Huseinzoda, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, attended an event co-hosted by Ambassador Huseinzoda and Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium, H.E. Ms. Sofia Grammata, entitled ‘Challenges on water resources and environmental narratives for a sustainable and climate resilient...

On 12 June 2025, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, met with the Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia, H. E. Mr. Asatur Vardanyan, on the margins of the International Energy Agency's 10th Global Energy Efficiency Conference, co-hosted with the European Commission and taking place in Brussels, Belgium. 

The parties discussed the continued cooperation between Armenia and the Energy Charter Secretariat going forward.

On 3 June 2024, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, met with the President of SOCAR, Mr. Rovshan Najif, on the margins of the Baku Energy Forum.

SOCAR, an integrated energy company headquartered in Baku with operations in more than 20 countries, is a long-standing member of the Industry Advisory Panel (IAP), a consultive advisory body to the Energy Charter Conference which provides policy advice from energy companies, international business associations and financial institutions on...

On 3 and 4 June 2024, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, held a number of bilateral meetings with the state secretaries of the member states of the Energy Charter Treaty on the margins of the Baku Energy Forum.  Ms. Hirose met with the Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy of Romania, Mr. Pavel Casian Niţulescu; the State Secretary, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Moldova, Ms. Carolina Novac; and the Deputy State Secretary for Energy Policy, Ministry of Energy of Hungary, Mr....

On 3 June 2024, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, met with the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Orkhan Zeynalov, on the margins of the Baku Energy Forum.  

Ms. Hirose expressed her congratulations on the successful conclusion of the COP29 in Baku in November 2024, and the milestone 30^th anniversary of the Baku Energy Forum. The parties discussed the continued cooperation between Azerbaijan and the Energy Charter Secretariat going forward. 

On 3 June 2024, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, met with the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria, H.E. Iva Petrova, on the margins of the Baku Energy Forum.  

The parties discussed the continued cooperation between Bulgaria and the Energy Charter Secretariat going forward. 

On 3 June 2024, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, met with the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, H.E. Vakhtang Tsintsadze, on the margins of the Baku Energy Forum.  

The parties discussed the continued cooperation between Georgia and the Energy Charter Secretariat going forward.

On 3 June 2025, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, spoke at the opening Ministerial Plenary of the Baku Energy Forum, at the invitation of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan.   

The Plenary opened with the keynote speech by the Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, H.E. Parviz Shahbazov, and was attended by deputy ministers and state secretaries of energy from many of the member states of the Energy Charter Treaty.  

Ms. Hirose spoke on the amendments to modernise the Energy...

On 30 May 2025, Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose met the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, HE Mr. Hisayuki Fujii, on the margins of the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation 2025, hosted by the government of Tajikistan and co-organised with UNESCO and the World Metrological Organization, taking place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The parties discussed the continued cooperation between Japan and the Energy Charter Secretariat going forward.

On 30 May 2025, Acting Secretary-General, Ms Atsuko Hirose, met with H.E. Daler Shofakir Juma, Minister of Energy of the Republic Tajikistan, on the sidelines of the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation 2025, hosted by the government of Tajikistan and co-organised with UNESCO and the World Metrological Organization, taking place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Ms. Hirose thanked the Minister for Tajikistan undertaking the Chairmanship of the Energy Charter Conference, the...

The Energy Charter Secretariat has received a communication from the Kingdom of the Netherlands regarding the provisional application of the amendments to the Energy Charter Treaty adopted on 3 December 2024, the modifications in Section C of Annex NI and the changes and modifications to other Annexes approved on 3 December 2024. A copy of the declaration may be accessed here.

As previously communicated by the Secretariat, the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ withdrawal from the Energy Charter...

Acting Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, attended the Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) taking place in Milano, Italy, from 4-7 May 2025. 

On 4-5 May 2025, Ms Hirose met Director General of the Sectors Department 1 (Energy and Transport Sectors), Mr. Hideaki Iwasaki, Director General of the Sectors Department 2 (Digital, Agriculture, Food, Nature and Rural Development, and Urban Development Sectors), Ms. F. Cleo Kawawaki, and Senior Director, Energy Sector Office, Mr....